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Neil Young’s Pono Music format is in the middle of a wildly successful  Kickstarter campaign, raising nearly $3 million and exceeding the $800,000 goal in the first two days. Accordingly, all of the really cool incentives are already gone. It’s hard not to get excited about this

Nearly 20 years after Canadian singer/songwriter Hayden's first album, Us Alone is equal parts a love letter to his daughter, as well as a nostalgic look back at a career lived, for the most part, his own way. It is important to note that this is his

Back in 2012, a little known group of vagabonds hit the road, recording song covers in their van as they drove from city to city. The group was Nicki Bluhm and The Gramblers, and the result of their musical odyssey was a series of videos that became known as the

In the American pop canon, the term "easy" is most associated with three songs: "Easy" by the Commodores, "Take It Easy" by the Eagles and "Easy Lover" by Phil Collins. Lesser known are "Make It Easy" by the Moondoggies and

The highlight of what I saw of Sunday night’s Academy Awards telecast was Darlene Love boldly singing “His Eye Is on the Sparrow” as she joined the makers of 20 Feet From Stardom to accept the Oscar for Best Documentary.  I saw the film last summer at Amherst Cinema.